Automated guided robot system

Abstract

An automated guided robot system includes an automated guided vehicle, a robot mounted on the automated guided vehicle, and a sensor mounted on the robot and capable of detecting statuses of maintenance parts of the automated guided vehicle. The robot has a motion range that enables the robot to place the sensor at positions from which the statuses of the maintenance parts of the automated guided vehicle are detectable. Accordingly, the necessity for performing maintenance of multiple maintenance parts can be detected while reducing the number of sensors mounted thereon.

1 . An automated guided robot system comprising:
 an automated guided vehicle;   a robot mounted on the automated guided vehicle; and   a sensor mounted on the robot and capable of detecting statuses of a plurality of maintenance parts of the automated guided vehicle,   wherein the robot has a motion range that enables the robot to place the sensor at positions from which the statuses of the maintenance parts of the automated guided vehicle are detectable.   
     
     
         2 . The automated guided robot system according to  claim 1 , further comprising a judgment unit that judges whether maintenance of each of the maintenance parts is necessary based on the statuses detected with the sensor. 
     
     
         3 . The automated guided robot system according to  claim 2 , further comprising a notifying unit that issues a notification of maintenance necessity when the judgment unit judges that maintenance is necessary. 
     
     
         4 . The automated guided robot system according to  claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a camera and the sensor detects appearance statuses of the maintenance parts. 
     
     
         5 . The automated guided robot system according to  claim 1 , wherein the robot is equipped with a sensor changing device that changes the sensor in response to a status type of the maintenance parts to be detected. 
     
     
         6 . The automated guided robot system according to  claim 1 , further comprising a maintenance time estimation unit that estimates a maintenance time of each of the maintenance parts based on the statuses detected with the sensor. 
     
     
         7 . The automated guided robot system according to  claim 6 , further comprising a maintenance time notifying unit that issues a notification of the maintenance time estimated by the maintenance time estimation unit.